Ecosapiens, a San Francisco, CA-based eco-conscious collective that defends the climate through creative tech, raised $3.5m in funding in its latest seed round.
The round, which brought total amount approx. to $5M, was led by Collab+Currency with participation from CFO of Celo Alex Witt and former COO of Moonbirds Ryan Carson, Boost VC and Brayton Williams, Slow Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.
Led by Nihar Neelakanti, Ecosapiens is an eco-conscious collective that defends the climate through creative tech, beginning with a perpetual carbon capture digital collectible series, through which carbon removal projects are funded. The company will provide a range of digital infrastructure and resources – including NFTs, carbon infrastructure, chat groups, and even a comic series – that make it easy and engaging for people and businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, use more sustainable products, and support the transition to a green economy through the community they create.
In February 2023, Ecosapiens announced its namesake alpha collection featuring the world’s first carbon-backed NFTs, and awarded 350 members of the Ecosapiens community with a free-to-mint Chrysalis that could be upgraded and evolved into an Ecosapien to offset up to 28 tons of carbon – about two years worth of the average American’s carbon footprint. So far, its alpha collection has sequestered over 1,700 tons of CO2 and counting – that’s the equivalent of planting around 68,000 trees.
FinSMEs
04/04/2023